Applying for a Daddy

22

It has been about a week since we got engaged. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. I was currently on the phone, hearing nothing on the other end but ringing. My brother was not picking up. I hung up and sighed heavily, letting myself sink into the couch in my room. I grabbed a small stuffed bunny from beside me and held onto it. "Please Jay. Just call me back." I whispered to myself. I hated confrontation, but my brother was so stubborn and rude so it was all we ever had. We never had normal conversations. Colby came into my room and smiled at me. I smiled softly, and closed my eyes. He sat next to me; placing his hand on my head, his thumb rubbing my forehead. I feel his lips pressing against mine and his other hand came up to cup my cheek. He leaned his forehead against mine and my smile grew a lot. My phone ended up disturbing the peaceful moment. My brother was calling. I quickly jumped up and answered the call. "Hello? Jay?" I began tearing up.
"Harper. I don't approve of this. You need to know that I do not approve of you leaving your home, your only family and your job. You abandoned your life for a guy, who is going to eventually leave you or hurt you like the last one." He stopped for a minute, giving me time to take in what he just told me. I began crying, Colby stood up and wiped my tears away.
"Jay-" I was cut off by him.
"Harper, I'm not coming to this wedding. I'm not waiting for you to realize you're making a mistake. If he leaves you, I won't be there to come get you. I'm done trying to make you grow up. Have a nice wedding, and have a nice life."
The phone hung up. It went silent as Colby continued to wipe my tears. I sat down and let more tears fall down my face, not caring about the make up I was wearing. "Babygirl. I'm so sorry." He said softly as he pulled me into him. I cried into his chest while he cradled me in his lap.

After I stopped crying, I got dressed and got on my laptop. Colby left me room for a minute to go talk to Sam. I read through emails and messages from my Facebook. Then I read through my twitter notifications. I had messages from a few people I had followed back when I was Colby's "new girl" or his "next challenge". They had been fans that thought I was sweet or cute and followed me, so I followed back a few. This was a while ago though, before the picture leaked. Before the ring was out, before I became Colby's big secret. I read them and began to worry again.

"Is that an engagement ring???? Are you engaged to Colby??"

"You and Colby are so cute!!!"

"I love you!!"

I smiled a little as I read a really long one.

"I know you've gotten hate through twitter and Instagram and I'm so sorry. I think you and Colby are so cute together. I hope you're okay and just know that not the whole fandom hates you. Just the immature ones."

I then was interrupted by Colby leaning over me and kissing my cheek. "What're you reading baby?" He asked. Then he proceeded to read the message over my shoulder. He smiled a little but then frowned. "I'm sorry you're getting so much backlash. It's not okay for my fans to be so rude to you." He said, sitting down on the couch and pulling me to him. I frowned a little and moved to sit in his lap again. "It's fine Colby. We expected this remember? As long as I know you love me I'm okay. I can handle anything." I reassured him, kissing his cheek.

He then sat up, gripping me to his body. He smiled and kissed my cheek back.
"We're gonna make a video. For my channel, where we address the rumors and lies and the picture. I'm done keeping you from my fans. They need to learn to love you." He spoke fast and nearly all in one breath. I smiled and kissed him as he stood up, wrapping my legs around his waist. He spun me around, causing me to laugh.

We set up in the "filming room". Colby grabbed his camera from the kitchen and was setting it up when Sam came and sat down next to me. He placed his hand on my shoulder which I was finally comfortable with because I knew he was the only person Colby truly trusted. I smiled and foxed my skirt, I had already fixed my makeup earlier. Colby sat down next to me and said it was filming. Sam leaned back a little but stayed close. I felt very safe. Between my caregiver/fiancé and his best friend who was basically my big brother but better. What I thought having a big brother would be like. Colby started to talk to the camera. I watched him silently, smiling as his lips moved to form the words.

"Hey guys! It's Colby here and this video is gonna be a bit different from my normal vlogs. Today we're gonna be doing a Q and A, with Sam and... my fiancé." He stopped. I turned to the camera, now very aware of it. I quickly looked back to colby as he placed his hand on my knee and turned to me, smiling.
"You've probably seen videos with her on Elton's channel and our duo channel. She's been living in the house for over a year now and we got engaged about a week ago. However we've been together since we met over a year ago." He turned back to me, nodding. I did the same and took his hand in mine, intertwining our fingers. "The picture you saw of us on the counter was at our celebration party. We're unsure of who took the photo, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm happy. I really love Harper, and I know you all will too in time. Just don't attack her anymore, it's not right." He finally smiled again and took a deep breath, kissing my cheek. His hand found its way to my cheek. He placed his thumb on my chin and his index finger under it, holding my head in place. He mouthed the words "I love you" and I did the same. Sam sat forward and said we should start the Q&A, so we did.

After the video was filmed we went upstairs to get it saved on the laptop. I fell down on Colby's bed, my skirt fanning out around me. Colby chuckled and sat down, doing his thing at his desk. "I love you." I said suddenly. "Thank you for not abusing me. Or leaving me." It continues like word vomit. Colby turned to me and listened. "Everyone I know except for Maddie, Lexi and Oliver have left after a certain number of years. My parents left as soon as I turned nineteen. My brother has left me now too. Every other caregiver I've had has demanded something of me I wasn't comfortable with, took those things forcefully or just flat out hit me. I have been alone for so long, until I found you. So thank you and... I love you." I stopped, I was crying again. It was tears of happiness though. Colby came and sat down next to me, wiping my tears away. He leaned down and kissed me gently, placing his hand on my forehead again.

"I'm so in love with you, Harper." I heard him say as my eyes fluttered closed. It had been a long day and I was tired. I remember waking up every few minutes until Colby came to bed. He crawled next to me and chuckled as I cuddled into him. I felt his warm hands wrap around my waist as I dozed off again.

A/N: sorry for the short chapter I couldn't quite figure out where I wanted to go with it but I have things planned for the next few! Thank you so much for reading! I can't believe you guys love my story!